i said how do you know me, i'm 22, nobody knew who i was. he said hayman, i want to show you something. i went with him, i could tell he was in the arts. i knew... he took me to a gim nassium and they were dancing. he took me and his company was there, and that began an education. i knew alvin ailly n the arts world there were so very few intense at a young age about the arts. so i received a tremendous education from garth and down through the years our companies are like family. we work together, we go to their shows, they come to ours. so after all of this time, we collaborate very easily because we have a sensibility and understanding. and we as musicians understand what his style is about. >> rose: tell me what the sensibility is that we have an understanding of. >> the rhythm, the obvious rhythm. the rhythm that does not exist but we have to impose it on the rhythm that he gives us. the rhythm that the muses and the gods descend upon us in an instant and you have to hear it and recognize it. the accented beat. the accented movement, yo